Vol. VII, No. 4 llll‘l’lfilllll ill it. E. Edllllll "W illllil' NEWER lMEl‘lEl. Advanced Theory (liven ln Circuit Analysis Course LABS lMPROl/ED Due to the modern trend in elec— trical engineering practice, it has been found advisable to digress somewhat from the electrical course which has been pursued at the Institute for the last few years. The efficiency and strength of the department have been in— creased to quite an appreciable ex- tent by the recent improvements in the laboratory and by the acquisi— tion of new equipment. The changes in the electrical curriculum which are anticipated will _ insure Ar— mour’s reputation of having one of the finest and most comprehensive courses in the country. According to the present plans, it is intended to cover, during the sophomore year, certain subjects which have been given in the Junior year, and to take some of the senior subjects in the junior year, and so to have part of the time in the last year to present additional studies. Subject Matter Improved A few branches of electricity which have been found to be of minor importance will be dispensed with, in order to allow these new subjects to be taught. For example, detailed treatises on magnetic measurements and ballistic galva— nometers will give way to courses, the current importance of which is greater Profg or Richardson is giving, as an experiment an elective course in “Circuit Analysis" to senior electricals. If this is received with enthusiasm by the men who take it, and if it is considered to be of sufficient importance, it and other similar courses may be included eventually in the regular curricu- lum. Ask Seniors to @rder Announcements Early one week from today the sales campaign for Senior graduation announcements will begin and will last until May 1. The announce— ments will come in two styles: one with leather engraved covers at 50c each, and the other, with paper en- graved covers at 25c each. Samples of these will be carried by members of the Announcement Committee and may be inspected at any time. There will also be a display in the lobby of the main building. The committee is composed of the fol- lowing men: Art Jens, Chairman, M. J. Lamka, t". F. Strassenberg, C. M. Westerman, R. H. Windblgler. Any one of these will be glad to take an order. This plan gives two months in which to order announcements. However, the committee requests that orders be placed as soon as possible. The work will be lighter, and mistakes fewer, if all orders are in early. Conditions Must Be Reloaded This Wool». Condition exams start this after- noon at 2:00 o’clock. The civils, under assistant Professor Grafton, will tackle Graphics Problems along with Railway and Highway Loca— tion in the civil drafting room. Professor Freud will test cut his doubtful chemistry students in Room C, Main. When conditions have been re— ceived in subjects not listed in the following schedule, they can be re— moved only by special arrangement with the instructor. PROGRAM CARDS DUE There are still a few students who have not placed their pro- gram cards on file The office of Deans requests that these be turned in immedi- ately. RADIO OPERATORS PLAN TO REBUIED ARMUUR STATIUN Changes in the operation of the Institute radio station, WQNV, were made at a meeting of the Armour Radio Association last Friday. The manner of conducting meetings and the time of election of officers was also altered. The radio transmitting station, now in working order, will be em- ployed to maintain regular sched- ules with similar units in other col- leges and universities. After a definite system is arranged, the transmitter will be rebuilt as a modern, crystal-controlled arrange— ment, conforming with the best of present day practice. E. Gr. Squires, the chief operator, will supervise this work. Meetings of the Association will be held regularly at 10:30 on the second and fourth Fridays at each month. At these “ it is planned to have round—table discus— sions of radio problems or a speak— er from the general field. In this way, those members who are not too deeply concerned with the sub- ject will find as much to interest them as will the licensed operators. R. Van Osdol and M. Fagen will have charge of these programs. Code lessons for beginners may possibly be presented if enough in-- dividuals desire them. The constitution of the Associa— tion was altered to provide for elece tion of officers at the end of the school'year rather than "at the be; ginning. Bridges, Subject 0% Lecture To Cirillo A talk on the Bridge Design" was given last Fri- day before the Armour Branch of the Western Society of Engineers by Professor M. B. Wells. Many valuable suggestions as to methods of beautifying steel bridge struc- tures were pointed out for the benefit of the competitors in the nation—wide bridge design contest sponsored by the American Insti— tute of Steel Construction. Slides and projections from book illustra‘ tions were used extensively to show the unnecessary clumsiness and lack of pleasing lines in structures put up during the early days of this country. Good looking bridges are so few in number because it is so difficult to duplicate ancient standards of beauty with modern materials and methods of con- struction. Symmetry of design, use Of contrasting materials, adapta- tion to the site and the carrying out of a general motif were also discussed. In this contest all the data con- cerning the bridge is furnished the student. This limits the competi— tion considerably since the struc— tural development will be about the same in every case. Seniors Now Exhibit: jewelry on Campus Last Friday afternoon the Sen- lors received their jewelry from members of the committee. It was previously announced that delivery would be made by last Tuesday. Backgrounds of both the ring and charm are in black or red onyx on which is mounted the A. I. T. monogram. A majority of. the Seniors are sea curing rings or charms with the staid black background, possibly to be more in keeping with the Ar— mour colors of black and yellow. Those who still wish to may order jewelry now and be reasonably sure of delivery before graduation. “Aesthetics of 1’ Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Amour journalists Enjoy informal Tulle: Ely Woodhull” In an intimate informal talk last Thursday evening at the Sigma Kappa Delta house, Harvey T. Woodruff of the Chicago Tribune told the members of the Armour Press Club about his experiences as a sports writer and column cone ductor. Right from the beginning the group was put at ease by the homely wit with which Mr. Wood- rufl’ responded to Professor Schomw mer’s introduction. From then on the boys were held too interested to smoke the expensive cigars pro- vided for the occasion, which, since. this meeting was essentially a smoker, pays great tribute to Mr. Woodruff’s knack of making him- self interesting to everybody. With the humble mien so characw teristic of all professional men when pressed to outline the oppor— tunities of their calling, he advised against taking up with the news~ paper game. Yet this did not pre— vent him from offering some inside information to those who might do so in spite of the dissuasion. “The secret of survival as a col- umnist” he said, “is to let your you’re a boob they'll say: readers think you’re a boob; no- body likes a Smart Aleck, and if Engineers lloltl loint ll/léeeting Production and distribution of electric power from the financial angle was the theme of Mr. Bailey’s address at a joint meeting 01? the A. I. E. E. and the A. S. M. E. which was held last Friday morning in the Assembly Hall. As Mr. Bailey pointed out, there are many problems which confront those who invest their money in the power production game and not the least important is that pre- sented by the interest on the sum invested in equipment. This charge is what is called a fixed charge and as such is present whether the lant operates at full load or stands idle for hours at a time. In addition to this type of fixed charge is that imposed by replace- merits of obsolete or worn out equipment and the cost of project- ing lines into territory which gives only a light load and consequently little revenue. The speaker pointed out that it was desirable to keep the apparatus operating on an evenly distributed power factor because this cuts down the unit cost and in this con- nection he gave a hypothetical resume of the development of the load in a small city as industry be- gins to creep in. Particularly interesting was Mr. Bailey’s explanation of the opera— tion of so~calied mergers in which the houses sell power back and forth among themselves when the load on one of their number be— comes higher than capacity. On this topic he gave many iilustra» tions of such co-operation taken from his experience, among those being the explanation of the Chi- cago—Boston Power hook-up which was headlined in the newspapers some time ago. Four Awe initialed At Scarab Banquet Four new members were initiated into Scarab Fraternity, Friday night, February twenty-seventh, at the Delta Tau Delta house. The formal initiation was held at seven o’clock with a banquet in honor of the new men following. Those initiated are: Donald Braun, '32. Emil Minx, ’31. Raymond Peterson, '32. Charles Schock, ’31. The banquet was then followed by talks and speeches. Ralph H. Hammett and W. Lind— sey Suter, instructors at the Art Institute, as well as a number of alumni were among those present. ‘aw, he’s one of us,’ and read your stuff." In response to the question as to how his column first found a place in print he explained that it" was a successor to “By Heck," a sports feature at the time. His amusing recollections of the vicissitudes of nursing an infant column almost ”brought down the house, and inci- mentally brought up such subjects as what the public wants, what the feditor will take, and what the writ- ier gets. 1 Keeping up the theme of remi— hiscing, Professor Schommer, to {whom the credit must be given for obtaining Mr. Woodruff’s services as speaker, recounted many lively episodes of his life. “lawn,” with commendable self- repression and super-human will— power, omitted all references to "the big one that got away," or "the bigger one that didn’t." After the light refreshments, a large group collected about Mr. Woodrufl and Professor Schommer and the talk continued. Only the late hour finally brought the eve-- Jung‘s entertainment to a close as all present still seemed inclined to listen to Mr. Woodrufl’s anecdotes. Editor llillemen ”Elli Win Eig Meet ’Leading by 186 points the Tech sharpshooters are now in the fifth week of a six—week meet for the Illinois championship. Mcl—lenry, Des Plaines and Downers Grove follow Armour in the order named. According to the members of the squad victory is certain. In the in dividual standings Armour is in pots and is tied for third. Last week the squad beat the strong Fairport Ri— fle Club of Perry, Ohio, 1800'1227, in a postal match. Tonight the men will engage in a shoulder~to— shoulder match with the Morgan Park Military Academy at Morgan Park. Next week the club will shoot against Sunburst, Montana, by way of telegraph. Any one interested in marksman- ship is invited to the club head- quarters in the basement below the second entrance to Chapln Hail Chance To Earn lldy Sum @fferecl Smokers Fifty thousand dollars, in prizes, is being offered by the Reynolds Tobacco Company, makers of Camel cigarettes, for the best answers to the question: “What significant change has recently been made in the wrapping of the Camel pack— age and what are its advantages to the smoker?" The contest closes tomorrow, so hurry home now, all you cigarette inhalers and get your answer in the mail tonight. Calendar/- Tuesday, March 3 5:00 P. M.—0rchestra Rehearsal. 2:00 P. M.——Condition E x a m su- March 3-5-6. Wednesday, March 4 4:00 P. M.—Swimming .._ Armour vs. Loyola at Loyola. Thursday, March 5 4:00 P. M.—Fi‘eshman Orchestra practice. 5:00 Rid—Glee Club rehearsal. Friday, March 6 10:30 A. M.——~Cycle Pictures. Gym~ nasium and Assembly Hall. A. I. E. E. meeting. Room D, Mission, talk on “Talking Motion Pictures" by H. Mer— ril Smith. Saturday, March 7 8 : 30 P. M.~—Boxing —- Armour vs. Bloomington at Bloomington, Ill. ”‘3an of lst. 2nd and 4th place,, SEletS it'd) CHECK CREDITS Seniors have been requested by the office to see Mr. Kelly about checking credits as soon as convenient. There is still time to see that all credits are prop- erly listed so that in case of some error the student will not be barred from graduation at the last minute. lAEE'INC MOVIES SUBJECT CF NEXT It. l’. E. E. MEEWNG Mr. H. Merril Smith of Electrical Research Products, Inc., the Sound Projection division of the Western Electric Company, will address the student branch of the A. I. E. E. on “Talking Motion Pictures" next Friday at 10:30 in Room D, Mission. He will present a general discus— sion of the operation of recording and projection apparatus as used in the commercial field. The prob~ lenis with which the sound cngi» peer is confronted will be indi— cated. Mr. Smith is Technical Inspector for Western Electric systems in‘the Chicago area, having for some time been engaged in the survey of numerous theaters throughout the Middle West, supervision of equipment installation, and main- tenance work. His wide knowledge of the subject and broad experi- ence in its application should pro- vide background for an instructive lecture. All who are interested in this subject are welcome to attend the meeting. Glee Club Practices Home Eoncert Songs More men are needed by Dr. Club. To repeat what appeared in last week's article: it is really an opportunity to be able to receive vocal training from such a noted director as Dr. Protheroe and every student who has the time should jump at the chance. The Glee Club is holding practice every Thursday night at five o'clock in the Assembly Hall. New selec— tions are being chosen and learned in preparation for the Annual Home Concert, which is to be held ' about May 21 during Junior Week. Among the selections which will comprise the Glee Club’s part in the Spring Concert are “A Little Close Harmony" by Geoffrey O’Hara and “Italian Salad” by Richard Genee. The former is a take-off on the quaint American invention com- monly known as the “swipe” or barber—shop harmony. The con- secutive fifths and other “gram- matical" errors in this piece are not composed, but are as they sounded to Mr. O’Hara, and which he jetted down at various times. The latter is a musical jest in the form of the finale to an Italian opera. It is composed of most all the musical terms in use which makes it very instructive as well as amusing to the listener. Annual EEKN. Essay Earliest Announced Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electri- cal engineering fraternity, is con- ducting an essay contest open to sophomore electi‘icals. The papers, of from 2,000 to 4,000 words in length, are to be written on some electrical topic. Either a copy of the Standard Handbook for Elec— trical Engineers or its equivalent will be given to the author of the winning essay. The essays are to be given to Pro- fessor Richardson not later than April 1, 1031. They will be merited on subject matter, quality of pros- entation, and form. The judges are: R. Patzelt, ’31. W. Drigot, or. W. E. Penfold. ‘31. T. B. O‘Connor. ‘31. M. Fagen, H32. Dmiiel E.” Protheroe “for the Glee ’ Tuesday, March 3,, 1931 Ebll‘dll fill ElElE GWES SEllEblilE til? lllill l‘llb'lfil Pictures to Be Taken in Assembly Hall and. lo Gym PERUGRAM COMPLETE A. H. Jens, editor—in-chief of the 1931 Cycle, has arranged a schedule for the taking of the first Cycle pictures on March 6, 1931, both in the gymnasium and the Assembly Hall. He has worked out a definite schedule of times that must be rigidly adhered to in order that the program may be complete. Formal group and individual pic— tures of the basketball, boxing, golf, and swimming teams will be taken in the gymnasium while the pictures of the orchestra, Glee Club, and Stresses and Strains will be taken in the Assembly Hall. To Snap Team Captains In addition to the group pictures the following individual pictures will be taken: boxing captain, box- ing manager, swimming captain, swimming manager, golf captain, golf manager, orchestra conductor, Glee Club conductor, the director of Stresses and Strains, and indi— vidual pictures of the basketball players. Athletic teams must ap— pear in their uniforms while the musical organizations must appear in their regular formal dress. Schedule The schedule of time for these pictures is given below: usium 2245—4931 Basketball Team. 2115—1931 Boxing Team. 2225—4930 Golf Team. 2:35—a193l. Swimming Team. Assembly ‘llall 1:30—0rchestra and conductor. 1: till—Glee Club and conductor. 1:50—«St1esses and Strains and director. l3“ ire Protects Learn Details of Life Work Mr. R. E. Vernon described the work and organization of the fire prevention associations to the Fire Protects at the meeting of the F. P. E. S. held Friday, February 27. or all the deaths in the home from accidents, thirty-three per cent of them are caused by fine. Most of these fires are started by the occupants trying to use gasoline or kerosene to start fires quickly, or for cleanmg purposes. The industrial corporations, etc" are also working hard to cut down fire losses. For instance the Youngstown Steel and Tube Com- pany cut their fire alarms from 2,274 to 500 in three years. According to Mr. Vernon the whole country is now vitally inter- ested in preventing fires and are everywhere extending their efforts to reduce the loss per capita. Some very interesting pictures of scenes of fires were passed around at the close of the meeting. President Wilde reminded the Sophomore fire protects that they must hand in their names in order to get their shingles. Freshman Smaller To Be Hegel Marcie 1‘33 In order to successfully promote the plans for the freshman smoker. the date of this event has been postponed from March 6th to March 13th. This was necessan because members of an orchestra recently formed among freshmen for the purpose of ofiering enter“ thinment at the afiair, wanted more time for practice. L. A. Cullen, social chairman, has announced that tickets are now can sole and may be procured from him. Architects may poi-ohms theirs from W. Kin}. The price of tickers is twenty ’ five cents.